Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

Programming 287

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 287

crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The iPads contained engineering data from the 1999 restoration of the monument. This is just one example of how businesses are embracing mobile technology. Car dealers are adopting the technology and issuing iPads to their sales staff to help them to stay with the customer from the moment one walks onto the showroom floor.

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Technical Review Mobile Small Business Technology 92

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

While it is important to keep pace with technological and tactical advances, it’s also important to hang on to marketing tools that continue to prove their worth. When it came to ROI in 1999, the bigger, brighter, and more noticeable your yellow pages’ ad was, the better. Print catalogs worked in 1999, and they still work today.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 19, 2010

One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999? I wouldn’t say it’s 1999 or even 2007, but it certainly has turned around. Update from original - just saw a follow-up post by Ben Kuo - Southern California Technology Jobs Surge. in terms of the activity, with not only jobs aplenty, but offers and counter-offers hitting good talent.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

The previous post described how China built its science and technology infrastructure. This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Torch has four major parts: Innovation Clusters , Technology Business Incubators (TBIs), Seed Funding (Innofund) and Venture Guiding Fund. Innovation Clusters.

Programming 179

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 179

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 2, 2015

In 1999 things were moving so theoretically quickly that everything was a total blur. The post Are Things Moving Faster Than In 1999? After I sold my first company, I started a company called Intensity Ventures to make all my personal investments from. The name kind of says it all. Agree or disagree? appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

” In my first post earlier this summer, I highlighted the fact that we’re still a ways off from truly autonomous vehicles, despite many decades of technological advances to assist drivers. Most of the focus in terms of press, investment, or consumer enthusiasm is currently focused on vehicle technology development.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of Expect Leadership, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineeering, and in Technology.

Leadership 113

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 12, 2019

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology.

Leadership 127

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Mike Michalowicz

JULY 25, 2016

In 1999 my wife Carol Lynn and I founded Rahvalor Interactive, a creative marketing services company. DeBenedetto has spent the past two decades passionately helping business owners navigate the complex world of technology. Frank enjoys spending quality time away from technology with his family and close group of friends.

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Technology firms now make up seven of the ten biggest companies in the world. Only one of which, was on the list in 1999 – that being Microsoft. The second unarticulated need is for major Government funded technology driven projects – NASA level projects – real moonshots.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology. Step on it Ellen!

Global 113

Global Virginia Wisconsin Leadership 113

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, September 8, 2008 Waves of technology platforms I still remember the first time I switched to LAMP. I was building a new startup in 1999, and wanted to do it right. That startup didnt turn out so well, but not for lack of technology. Seth Godin: How often should you publish?

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Veterans of the networking industry, Craig formerly served as the CEO of Packeteer, a high-flying networking appliance vendor that he took public in 1999 with Scott as his director of engineering. At Packeteer, they built a hardware-based appliance that was expensive and complex to manage.

Networking 153

Networking Technical Review Cloud Software Review 153

Start Up Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

You’ll notice underlying the top 10 is what I regard to be the biggest shift in tech at the moment is the realisation that we have a technology wildfire raging. Another reminder that these are not technology companies but media organisations that are long overdue some serious regulation. Yes, it will come back even stronger.

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software 48

Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

In the 20 th century, the best companies IPO’d in 6-8 years from startup (and in the Dot-Com bubble of 1996-1999 that could be as short as 2-3 years.) But 21st century companies face compressed technology cycles, which create the need for continuous innovation over a longer period of time. Who leads that process best?

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Stock Options Stock Vesting Common Stock 335

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

M y company had raised a seed round of capital in late 1999 even before either of us were full time in the company (ominous side note: on the way to pitch our seed investor, Delta Partners, a man walking right in front of me died of a massive heart attack making me late to the meeting. He was to head up UK operations.

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Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. In early 1999 I made the decision to fulfill my lifelong dream to live and work in Japan.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2019

In this activity, modern technologies are utilized to turn traditional, analog content into digital format. They were used to distribute and view movies in cinemas for the next 100 years until digital film technology came along. In 1999, a company known as Texas Instruments produced a DLP Cinema projector. Conclusion.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc. First Principles. Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

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Silicon Valley Startup Term Sheet Venture Capital 378

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

There seem to be two schools of thought on how to predict the future of information technology: looking at software or looking at hardware. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000. Napster arrived in June, 1999. Smaller equals faster in processor technology.).

Artificial Inteligence 182

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Bandwidth Software Review 182

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Keith Martino is head of CMI, a global consultancy founded in 1999 that customizes leadership and sales development initiatives. Martino is the author of “ Expect Leadership “, a series of leadership books – The Executive Edition, in Business, in Engineering, and in Technology. Apply courage, judgment and intellectual stimulation!

Leadership 113

Leadership Technical Review Cloud Global 113

K9 Ventures

APRIL 20, 2019

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. The architecture and technology will have to evolve over time. Don was totally a people person and just an all around great person to talk to.

Technical Review 117

Technical Review San Francisco Startup Architecture 117

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In 1999, Alibaba had to face many failures; for the first three years, the company made zero revenue. Thanks to CJ Xia, Boster Biological Technology ! #6- Everyone always talks about Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but my vote goes to Jack Ma and his company Alibaba. 6- Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell’s Soup Company.

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Entrepreneur China Incubator Philippines 132

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

When I saw the proposal, I immediately thought of the web consulting rollups of 1999. My first company, Feld Technologies, was bought by AmeriData, which bought 40 companies in three years. In fact, I know a few companies that put computer science grads through these types of programs as an on boarding process.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2011

Uri Foox is the founder of Pixafy , a NYC-based web development and technology firm. A serial entrepreneur, Uri incorporated his first company, CGI for Me, in April 1999 when he was 14 years old. Important systems like database clustering, memcache, query optimizaition, and others shouldn’t be foreign concepts.

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Web Development Web Developer Open Source 214

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

With all the external presenters, the ones I enjoyed the most were Dan Senor who wrote the book Startup Nation (an examination of the Israeli technology scene). Let me start by telling you that if you haven’t bought the book “ 4 Steps to Epiphany ” (and if you’re involved in a technology startup) do yourself a favor and buy a copy now.

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PR Technical Review Portfolio Customer Development 279

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Juniper Networks Inc acquired Altor Networks, a company specializing in security for virtualization technology. Virtualization technology is increasingly in demand as large corporations try to cut back on hardware in their data centers. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

Israel 87

Israel Technical Review South Korea Mexico 87

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Demonstrate your team’s unique unfair competitive advantage, whether it is technology, stellar management team, or key partnerships. Uses of funds could include expenses involved with marketing, staffing, technology development, office space, among other uses. Detail the uses of funds. Provide a clear exit strategy.

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Venture Capital Business Plan Technical Review Private Placement 129

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. I believe it’s truly morning in the technology sector. There are 20x more consumers online.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

The Next Web

JANUARY 17, 2014

Yu graduated from Nankai University in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Technology collaborations along the lines of the Qualcomm-Tudou partnership are another example of creative US-China partnerships. Earlier in his career, he was a VP at Legend Capital. The short answer is simple: Partnership.

China 128

China Marketing Asia Mobile 128

David Teten

JUNE 14, 2011

Since 1999, ff has made over 100 investments in over 35 companies , and from the beginning has been highly focused on generating industry leading returns. In addition, Michael Yavonditte , CEO of Hashable , is joining as a Venture Partner.

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio 122

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Unfortunately, too many of the technical entrepreneurs I mentor and advise are focused on their technology, and assume that the value will be self-evident to customers. Voice recognition and artificial intelligence are great technologies, but very few customers today can tell you how these make their life more enjoyable.

Artificial Inteligence 205

Artificial Inteligence Reputation Viral America 205

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

Acelerar Technologies Daniel expects SharePoint's cloud based solution provider eco-system to develop over the next few years. Anupam Rajey from Lucknow, India, presented Acelerar Technologies , an outsourced accounting services BPO project from India. He currently has a 1999 strategy. Discuss.

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Spain Entrepreneur India San Francisco 115

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Larger companies such as IBM and SAP that had enterprise-wide deployments would offer some solutions around these pain points, but entrepreneurs claimed that these were not sufficient, and that the emergence of the Web and server technology made some of the legacy software inefficient, inadequate and obsolete.

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Advisory Board Cloud Venture Capital Vertical 70

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 18, 2011

Some might say this is because I am a college-aged millennial whose social skills have been stunted by technology, but I think it has more to do with the ease, convenience and immediacy the internet provides. One of the greatest industry challenges is educating the public about the security behind digital technology.

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